How much contract money did Pat Tillman turned down in exchange of joining the army?”
Since, with ironclad integrity, Tillman declined to speak publicly about his decision, his family, friends, teammates and the media offered instead various explanations or speculations, among which was his patriotism. While doing so, they recalled Tillman’s many great virtues — leadership, determination, loyalty, bravery and heroism. But these virtues and his motive for wanting to go fight anti-American terrorists were undercut by what they unanimously regarded as his defining qualities: selflessness, duty, and sacrifice. However, when evaluating Tillman’s values and achievements and the context in which he chose war over football, his basic virtue and motive was self-interest — primarily his love for life and America — not those alleged qualities that actually define the suicidal terrorists. Tillman’s love for life is perhaps best exemplified by how he pursued his goals. What some commentators described as “overachievement” was his determination to overcome certain odds against him
When Americans learned that Pat Tillman was killed by al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan on April 23, they once again questioned the decision he had made after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Most of them asked why Tillman, a professional football player, turned down a three-year, $3.6 million contract with his team to join the US Army at $18,000 a year? Since, with ironclad integrity, Tillman declined to speak publicly about his decision, his family, friends, teammates and the media offered instead various explanations or speculations, among which was his patriotism. While doing so, they recalled Tillman’s many great virtues — leadership, determination, loyalty, bravery and heroism. But these virtues and his motive for wanting to go fight anti-American terrorists were undercut by what they unanimously regarded as his defining qualities: selflessness, duty, and sacrifice. However, when evaluating Tillman’s values and achievements and the context in which he chose war over f
Pat Tillman, who gave up the glamorous life of a professional football star to join the Army Rangers, was remembered as a role model of courage and patriotism Friday after military officials said he had been killed in action in Afghanistan. “Pat Tillman was an inspiration on and off the football field, as with all who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. His family is in the thoughts and prayers of President and Mrs. Bush,” Taylor Gross, a spokesman for the White House, said in a statement. Tillman, 27, was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Fort Lewis, Wash. The battalion was involved in Operation Mountain Storm in southeastern Afghanistan, part of the U.S. campaign against fighters of the al-Qaida terror network and the former Taliban government along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, military officials told NBC News.
